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Regarding the plan to ditch the cameras from the park and ride at the racecourse, Louis Krog, the council’s licensing team leader, said: “The review of the public realm CCTV network, in conjunction with the police, has identified these as no longer necessary based on usage statistics produced by the police.

“We offered the racecourse the opportunity to take over the ownership and management of the park and ride cameras but they did not take up the offer.”

One of the cameras at the park and ride site (Image: Nick Parford Photography)

As well as the plan to get rid of the 12 cameras at the racecourse, the council said seven cameras had been decommissioned as part of its decision to sell land it owned in North Place.

But Mr Krog insisted that most of the council’s remaining cameras would stay in place and that it intended to improve its CCTV network in the long run. He said the plan was to increase the number of cameras to 28.

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He said: “The council has undertaken a review of its entire public realm CCTV network as part of its long term plans to invest in the upgrade of the network.

The park and ride buses run from the racecourse to the town centre (Image: Nick Parford Photography)

“The majority of cameras will remain. In consultation with the police, who are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the system, those that are being decommissioned are in areas where the need for them has decreased and therefore where public surveillance may no longer be proportionate and necessary.